Amanda is using glib these days, and is quite happy with it. However, we were just tripped up by a change in glib-2.24 where g_type_init initializes threads before we're ready. This is important because we need to initialize libcurl before threads are started. I've rejiggered the glib_init method. You can see the updated version here: http://github.com/djmitche/amanda/blob/glibinit/common-src/glib-util.c#L36 and also copied below (with apologies for the inevitable text wrapping). I'd like to know if I've missed anything else that might trip up compatibility with future versions of glib. If you spot something, please let me know. void glib_init(void) { static gboolean did_glib_init = FALSE; if (did_glib_init) return; did_glib_init = TRUE; /* set up libcurl (this must happen before threading * is initialized) */ #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL # ifdef G_THREADS_ENABLED g_assert(!g_thread_supported()); /* assert threads aren't initialized yet */ # endif g_assert(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) == 0); #endif /* do a version check */ #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,6,0) { const char *glib_err = glib_check_version(GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION, GLIB_MINOR_VERSION, GLIB_MICRO_VERSION); if (glib_err) { error(_("%s: Amanda was compiled with glib-%d.%d.%d"), glib_err, GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION, GLIB_MINOR_VERSION, GLIB_MICRO_VERSION); exit(1); /* glib_init may be called before error handling is set up */ } } #endif /* Initialize glib's type system. On glib >= 2.24, this will initialize * threads, so it must be done after curl is initialized. */ g_type_init(); /* And set up glib's threads */ #if defined(G_THREADS_ENABLED) && !defined(G_THREADS_IMPL_NONE) if (!g_thread_supported()) g_thread_init(NULL); #endif } -- Open Source Storage Engineer http://www.zmanda.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
